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CHAPTER 465 AN ACT ELIMINATING FROM THE DEFINITION OF "TRAILER" DOLLEYS USED FOR TOWING REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Trailer" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

"Trailer", any vehicle or object on wheels and having no motive power of its own, but which is drawn by, or used in combination with, a motor vehicle. It shall not include a pole dolly or pole dickey, so called, nor a pair of wheels commonly used as an implement for other purposes than transportation, nor a portable, collapsible or separate two wheel tow dolly limited only to the purpose of transporting or towing a registered vehicle, nor farm machinery or implements when used in connection with the operation of a farm or estate, nor any vehicle when towed behind a farm tractor and used in connection with the operation of a farm or estate.

Approved October 31, 1985.